This volume is a product of the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this volume do not necessarily reflect the views of the Executive Directors of The World Bank or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. The bound...

This volume is a product of the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect the views of the Executive Directors of The World Bank or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. The boundari...

This volume is a product of the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this volume do not necessarily reflect the views of the Executive Directors of The World Bank or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. The bound...

This volume is a product of the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this volume do not necessarily reflect the views of the Executive Directors of The World Bank or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. The bound...

We examine the impact of cross-border bank flows on recipient countries’ systemic risk. Using data on bank flows from 26 source countries to 119 recipient countries, we find that bank flows are associated with improved financial stability (i.e. lower systemic risk) in the recipient country. The impact of bank flows is stronger in recipient countries with weak regulatory quality and fragile bank...

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision from the Bank for International Settlement classifies banking risks into three main categories including credit risk, market risk, and operational risk. The focus of this study is on the operational risk measurement in Iranian banks. Therefore, issues arising when trying to implement operational risk models in Iran are discussed, and ...

I am delighted to open this 5th international symposium of the Banque de France, which is an opportunity to bring together heads of central banks and international institutions, leading academics and directors of private banks, as well as representatives of industrialised and emerging countries, in order to address a topical issue of common interest and concern to us all. Today’s debate will be...

© 2000 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / THE WORLD BANK Lant Pritchett is with the East Asia and the Pacific Country Units at the World Bank. His e-mail address is [email protected]. The author would like to thank William Easterly, Ross Levine, Deon Filmer, Dani Rodrik, and the participants at seminars at the World Bank and the Massachusetts Institute of Technol...